"Mark S Conway" wrote in message
news:RwyVb.252706$xy6.1317027@attbi_s02...
| I'm a commercial pilot and have been asked by several people if I could
| bring things over for them.... tires for a business, etc....
| you know, just stuff.....
| I cant find anything in the regs about freight or cargo ops for commercial
| pilots, just operators.....

You cannot hold yourself out for common carriage of persons or property for
hire without complying with the requirements of part 119. Basically, you
have to be some kind of airline certified under part 121 (scheduled
airlines) or part 135 (charters and air taxis). "Holding out" generally
means that you are telling people that you are a commercial pilot and that
you are willing to do this, either through some sort of advertising or
through word of mouth.

If the individual hires you as a pilot to fly his stuff or his people in his
airplane then that is conducted under part 91. You can do that. He can even
have you carry people or property for others provided that is 'incidental'
to his own aviation requirements. He cannot rent the airplane from you and
then hire you to fly it; that dodge has been tried before. You probably
could not get away with him renting the plane from your flying club, either.

Commercial operators are extremely jealous of their privileges and if they
think you are violating the regs they will report you in a heartbeat. It
costs a lot of money to become certified as a commercial operator and it
really irritates them to have some guy undercutting them because he chooses
not to comply with the experience, insurance, maintenance, operating rules,
training and other requirements that they have. I know places where they
don't report you, though. They just beat you up and leave you out in the
desert somewhere.